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Var

The Var is a river located in the southeast of . It is 114 km long. Its drainage basin is 2,812 km2. The Var flows through the département for most of its length, with a short stretch in the département.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in Southern France
  • Also known as: “Le Var Fleuve”, “Le Var Rivière”, and “Var River”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nice Côte d’Azur International Airport and Saint-Laurent-du-Var station.

Aerodrome
Photo: Jimmykreislauf, CC BY 4.0.
Nice Côte d'Azur Airport is an located 3.2 NM southwest of , in the department of France. It is the third busiest airport in France and serves as a focus city for Air France and an operating base for easyJet.

Railway station
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Saint-Laurent-du-Var is a train station on the line from to , situated in , west of , in the department of in the region of , France.

Shopping center
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is a French shopping center in the suburbs of , in the city of . Opened in 1969, it is one of the largest shopping centers in the , the one with the largest number of shops, and one of the busiest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Laurent-du-Var and Cagnes-sur-Mer.

Town
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is a commune in the department in the region on the .

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is a town near that is in the department, in the region, in southeastern .

Town
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is a commune in the department in the region in Southeastern . It lies between and , at the mouth of the river , ten kilometres west of central . is situated 6 km west of Var.

Var

Latitude
43.66241° or 43° 39′ 45″ north
Longitude
7.19948° or 7° 11′ 58″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
8FM9M56X+XQ
Geo­Names ID
2970750
Wiki­data ID
Q933979
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Satellite Map

Discover Var from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Var” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر الڤار”
  • Belarusian: “Вар”
  • Breton: “Var”
  • Bulgarian: “Вар”
  • Catalan: “Riu Var”
  • Catalan: “Var”
  • Cebuano: “Var”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔河”
  • Chinese: “瓦河”
  • Chuvash: “Вар”
  • Czech: “Var”
  • Danish: “Var floden”
  • Danish: “Var”
  • Dutch: “Var (rivier)”
  • Dutch: “Var”
  • Esperanto: “Var”
  • Estonian: “Var”
  • Estonian: “Vari jõgi”
  • Finnish: “Var”
  • French: “fleuve Var”
  • French: “le Var”
  • French: “vallée du Var”
  • French: “Var”
  • Galician: “Río Var”
  • German: “Var”
  • Greek: “Βαρ”
  • Hebrew: “נהר ואר”
  • Irish: “Var”
  • Italian: “Fiume Varo”
  • Italian: “Valle del Varo”
  • Italian: “Var”
  • Italian: “Varo”
  • Japanese: “ヴァール川 (フランス)”
  • Latin: “Varus”
  • Lithuanian: “Varas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Var (Floss)”
  • Luxembourgish: “Var”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Var”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Var”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Var”
  • Persian: “ور”
  • Polish: “Var”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Var”
  • Romanian: “Râul Var, Franța”
  • Romanian: “Râul Var”
  • Russian: “Вар”
  • Serbian: “Вар”
  • Slovenian: “Var”
  • Spanish: “rio Var”
  • Spanish: “río Var”
  • Spanish: “Río Var”
  • Spanish: “Var”
  • Swedish: “Var”
  • Ukrainian: “Вар (річка)”
  • Ukrainian: “Вар”
  • Vlaams: “Var (riviere)”
  • Vlaams: “Var”
  • Welsh: “Afon Var”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Nice Saint-Augustin and Les Moulins.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St-Laurent du Var Railway Station and Port Saint Laurent du Var.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Var”. Photo: Guy MAUNIER, CC BY-SA 4.0.